Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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1—Individual unfit houses incapable of repair at reasonable expense | |
Representations (Section 16) | 4 |
Undertakings to demolish accepted (Section 16) | - |
Demolition Orders made (Section 17) | 23 |
Closing Orders made (Section 17) | 4 |
Housing demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | 7 |
Houses closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by the owners and still in force | - |
Houses made fit by owner (Section 16) | - |
2— Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation | |
(i) Underground rooms closed (Section 18) | 47 |
(ii) Other rooms (Section 18) | 4 |
3—Clearance areas | |
Unfit houses | 70 |
Other houses | 2 |
HOUSING STATISTICS
Number of Dwellings in Borough | 25,211 |
1—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year:— | |
(1) (a) Dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 7,055 |
(b) Inspections made for the purpose | 13,593 |
(2) Dwellings inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 2,127 |
(3) Dwellings found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 325 |
(4) Dwellings found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation | 723 |
2 — Remedy of Defects during the Year without service of Formal Notices:—
Dwellings rendered fit in consequence, of informal action by the local authority or their officers | 540 |